What is Palliative Care?

Palliative Care can occur at any stage of serious illness and it’s intended to be delivered concurrently with all other treatments and services. It typically is covered by medical insurance but not as a defined benefit (mostly; the insurance industry is actively experimenting with novel ways of covering it). You’ll likely have copays. Availability of Palliative Care is mostly in hospitals.

Palliative Care and Hospice Care: A Side-by-Side Comparison
Palliative Performance Scale
Palliative Performance Scale - Additional Version